The Kahn Brothers are a new band from Edo and Nadav Kahn,
formally the core of Sydney art rock band Gelbison. Their exciting debut album, Love Melts Fear, is a joyous, intimate journey into the heart.

Love Melts Fear features some of Australia’s finest musicians, with the legendary Hamish Stuart on drums, Oliver Smith on bass, and the angelic voices of Sarah Blasko and Jessica Chapnik laced through the record. In addition, some tracks feature horns, bassoon, bass flute and a string quartet.

The album, recorded at Electric Avenue in Sydney, with longstanding friend and producer Tony Buchen (aka Buchman), was mixed in Jimmy Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studio in New York. “Awe-inspiring,” says Nadav, “working where so many great musicians have recorded before.”

“We began recording filled with confidence that it would be an easy task to melt that old iceberg called ‘fear’, says Edo. “However, the deeper we got into it the more we realised that overcoming fear is life’s work! As humans we are full of faith and hope—the challenge is to direct it into love.”

Love Melts Fear is full of joy, rich harmonies and a dreaminess of soul. The simple folk-pop melodies address the challenges of staying positive while forever probing the meaning of life.

Having just returned home from performing the songs of Love Melts Fear on an acoustic national tour across the United States with Ben Lee as well as some shows in Israel, Europe and India, the Kahn Brothers are excited to share their new music across their home of Australia.

Edo and Nadav, who spent their childhood years in Israel, before there family migrated to Australia, grew up in a country where war, an everyday threat brought both fear and the preciousness of existence into their daily lives.

In 2000 they formed their first band, Gelbison, signed to Virgin/EMI, and thereafter produced two stunning records: 1704 and See the World. Their music was described as “spaced Beatles-pop” by U.S Rolling Stone, with both records receiving critical acclaim. The band toured Australia, the UK and the US with the likes of Beck, Wilco, Gomez, Ben Folds, The Sleepy Jackson, Old Man River and Sarah Blasko.

In 2003, along with fellow musicians Luke Steele (The Sleepy Jackson) and Ohad Rein (Old Man River), the Kahns wrote and produced Holes in the Valley, released under the name Nations by the River and performed at the Sydney Opera House. A burst of joyous impulse expressing the delight of coming together as musicians and friends.

Enjoying music with friends has always been an element that the Kahn boys have felt passionate about. The song Good God from 1704 was co-written with Ben Lee, and together with Ohad from Old Man River, they wrote and produced the Triple J hit Sunshine.

In 2005, the Gelbison posse parted ways, ended their contract with EMI, and, choosing the independent route, the Kahn boys were determined to follow their instincts and write music truest to their hearts.

Visiting India for the first time in 2005, Edo and Nadav found themselves playing music in a way they had never done before. During subsequent trips they played Indian inspired music in orphanages and on returning to Australia, began music workshops for people with special needs—their songs taking on the spirit of their new-found experiences.

The debut album, Love Melts Fear is released independently on the Kahn’s Shakti Records label and Inertia in April 2008.